Two weeks ago Curse's King of the Hill WoW Tournament took a break for the Battle.net World Championships. The weekly tournament will be starting again soon and Curse is looking for teams that can compete in it.

I think some people are detached from reality and absolutely clueless about earning money in real life. These are not Diamond League athletes.
Even blizzcon 2012 arena streams had 2k-5k viewers some time after the launch and this one is just a small event. So $33 for an half an hour of gameplay that appeals to a really small audience is fair and decent. It's good money for anyone, even for people who dedicated 5 years of their life to wow tournaments and finally binked a tourney.